A gay man who has difficulty walkg was forced to leave behd the vice he needs for mobily.
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- ENOLA GAY
- HOW UNED AIRL ALMOST RUED A GAY COUPLE'S HONEYMOON“WE DON’T EVEN ALLOW SAMSUNG PHON, WE FELY WON’T ALLOW THAT.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 15, 2017/3:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON - AUGUST 16: A UNED AIRL AIRCRAFT PASS BY A CONTENTAL AIRL AIRCRAFT AS TAXIS TO TAKEOFF OM THE NWAY OF RONALD REAGAN NATNAL AIRPORT AUGT 16, 2006 WASHGTON, DC. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 15, 2017 / 3:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW UNED AIRL ALMOST RUED A GAY COUPLE'S HONEYMOON","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-15T19:29:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-15T19:29:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE SKI JT KEEP SOUNDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GAY UPLE WAS RECENTLY FORCED TO ABANDON A TSA-APPROVED MOBILE VICE AT NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT BEFORE BOARDG. TREY HARRIS WR A TAILED POST ON MEDIUM THAT HE AND HIS HBAND WERE TRAVELG TO TCH A CISE AND CELEBRATE THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS HAS SPONDYLIS, A TYPE OF SPAL ARTHRIS THAT MAK WALKG DIFFICULT. HE HAD PHONED BOTH UNED AND THE TSA PRR TO THEIR FLIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BOARD WH HIS SEGWAY MIPRO, WHICH HELPS HIM GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DID EVERYTHG RIGHT, ACRDG TO BOTH UNED AND TSA’S DISABILY POLICI," HE WR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AN ERROR ON HIS PROFILE LED TO UNED EMPLOYE FORBIDDG HIM OM BOARDG THE PLANE WH THE VICE, WHICH THEY EMED A "FIRE RISK" AND PARED TO A HOVERBOARD. “WE DON’T EVEN ALLOW SAMSUNG PHON, WE FELY WON’T ALLOW THAT,” A MANAGER TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNED STAFFERS REMAED FIRM THEIR CISN, EVEN AFTER HARRIS PROVID PROOF THAT THE SEGWAY WAS UL-CERTIFIED FOR FIRE SAFETY. HE ALSO PULLED UP UNED'S WEBSE TO SHOW THAT SEGWAYS WERE ALLOWED, ALONG WH WHEELCHAIRS, FOR PASSENGERS WH SPECIAL MOBILY NEEDS.JEFF HUTCHENS / GETTY IMAG CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: JUNE 28, 2006: UNED AIRL CTOMERS LE UP FOR SERVICE AT A CHIGO O?HARE GATE, UNHAPPY ABOUT THE OVERBOOKG OF A FLIGHT AS AIRLE PASSENGERS PASS THROUGH BY TERMALS AT CHIGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT, A HUB FOR UNED AIRL, DURG THE BY SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON, CHIGO, ILLOIS, USA, JUNE 28, 2006. (PHOTO BY JEFF HUTCHENS / GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE GATE-CHECKG WAS NOT AN OPTN, HARRIS WAS FORCED TO ABANDON THE SEGWAY AT THE GATE AND HOBBLE ABOARD THE FLIGHT G A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE TAKE OFF, AND MY HONEYMOON STARTS WH ME SOBBG FOR AN HOUR, MY HBAND NSOLG ME," HE WR. "I FELT HUIATED, LIKE ALL THE PASSENGERS BLAMED ME FOR THE LAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR STATN, HARRIS HAD TO RENT A SOTER FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, CLUDG A LAST-MUTE SURCHARGE. THE HEAVY AND CUMBERSOME VICE PREVENTED HIM OM DOG MANY ACTIVI THAT HE AND HIS HBAND HAD PLANNED.STT OLSON/GETTY IMAGCHICAGO, IL - APRIL 11: DEMONSTRATORS PROTT OUTSI THE UNED AIRL TERMAL AT O'HARE INTERNATNAL AIRPORT ON APRIL 11, 2017 CHIGO, ILLOIS. UNED AIRL HAS BEEN STGGLG TO RTORE THEIR RPORATE IMAGE AFTER A CELL PHONE VIO WAS RELEASED SHOWG A PASSENGER BEG DRAGGED OM HIS SEAT AND BLOODIED BY AIRPORT POLICE AFTER HE REFED TO LEAVE A REPORTEDLY OVERBOOKED FLIGHT. (PHOTO BY STT OLSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE ON THE CISE, HARRIS RECEIVED A MSAGE THAT HE HAD “ABANDONED A HAZARDO MATERIAL AT AN TERNATNAL AIRPORT" AND THAT S REMOVAL MIGHT ST HIM A FEE. HE WAS ALSO WARNED THAT HE ULD FACE ARRT UPON HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SPENT THE RT OF CISE TERRIFIED AND STRSED OUT,” HE NTUED. HE WAS NOT FED OR ARRTED, HOWEVER, AND HIS SEGWAY WAS EVENTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AN APOLOGY WOULD BE NICE, BUT I’M NOT EXPECTG MIRACL," HARRIS WR. "I’D JT LIKE THEM—OR ANOTHER AIRLE, IF THEY REFE—TO ASSURE ME I’LL BE ALLOWED TO BRG MY MOBILY VICE WH ME THE NEXT TIME I FLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORY ON THE TAILWD OF LAST WEEK’S SNDAL WHEN A MAN WAS JURED WHILE BEG FORCIBLY DRAGGED OM A UNED FLIGHT DUE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
ENOLA GAY
Enola Gay, the B-29 heavy bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target, and stroyed most of the cy. The aircraft was named after the mother of pilot Pl Warfield Tibbets, Jr. * united gay plane *
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The historic flight took off on the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn raids, which are nsired one of the first major events of the gay rights and liberatn movement the flight parted Philalphia Internatnal Airport (PHL) for New York-LaGuardia (LGA) and was operated wh an Embraer E-190. Some variants of this legend type reference homosexualy rather than race or relign:.
) Seems a USAir employee wh the last name of Gay was flyg on a pany pass. Gay found a man his seat and sat elsewhere. Gay's assigned seat and asked "Are you Gay?
HOW UNED AIRL ALMOST RUED A GAY COUPLE'S HONEYMOON“WE DON’T EVEN ALLOW SAMSUNG PHON, WE FELY WON’T ALLOW THAT.”{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 15, 2017/3:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON - AUGUST 16: A UNED AIRL AIRCRAFT PASS BY A CONTENTAL AIRL AIRCRAFT AS TAXIS TO TAKEOFF OM THE NWAY OF RONALD REAGAN NATNAL AIRPORT AUGT 16, 2006 WASHGTON, DC. (PHOTO BY ALEX WONG/GETTY IMAG)BY BRANDON VOSSAPRIL 15, 2017 / 3:29 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW UNED AIRL ALMOST RUED A GAY COUPLE'S HONEYMOON","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-04-15T19:29:01.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-04-15T19:29:01.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE SKI JT KEEP SOUNDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A GAY UPLE WAS RECENTLY FORCED TO ABANDON A TSA-APPROVED MOBILE VICE AT NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT BEFORE BOARDG. TREY HARRIS WR A TAILED POST ON MEDIUM THAT HE AND HIS HBAND WERE TRAVELG TO TCH A CISE AND CELEBRATE THEIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARRIS HAS SPONDYLIS, A TYPE OF SPAL ARTHRIS THAT MAK WALKG DIFFICULT. HE HAD PHONED BOTH UNED AND THE TSA PRR TO THEIR FLIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WOULD BE ABLE TO BOARD WH HIS SEGWAY MIPRO, WHICH HELPS HIM GET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DID EVERYTHG RIGHT, ACRDG TO BOTH UNED AND TSA’S DISABILY POLICI," HE WR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT AN ERROR ON HIS PROFILE LED TO UNED EMPLOYE FORBIDDG HIM OM BOARDG THE PLANE WH THE VICE, WHICH THEY EMED A "FIRE RISK" AND PARED TO A HOVERBOARD. “WE DON’T EVEN ALLOW SAMSUNG PHON, WE FELY WON’T ALLOW THAT,” A MANAGER TOLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNED STAFFERS REMAED FIRM THEIR CISN, EVEN AFTER HARRIS PROVID PROOF THAT THE SEGWAY WAS UL-CERTIFIED FOR FIRE SAFETY. HE ALSO PULLED UP UNED'S WEBSE TO SHOW THAT SEGWAYS WERE ALLOWED, ALONG WH WHEELCHAIRS, FOR PASSENGERS WH SPECIAL MOBILY NEEDS.JEFF HUTCHENS / GETTY IMAG CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA: JUNE 28, 2006: UNED AIRL CTOMERS LE UP FOR SERVICE AT A CHIGO O?HARE GATE, UNHAPPY ABOUT THE OVERBOOKG OF A FLIGHT AS AIRLE PASSENGERS PASS THROUGH BY TERMALS AT CHIGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT, A HUB FOR UNED AIRL, DURG THE BY SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON, CHIGO, ILLOIS, USA, JUNE 28, 2006. (PHOTO BY JEFF HUTCHENS / GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEE GATE-CHECKG WAS NOT AN OPTN, HARRIS WAS FORCED TO ABANDON THE SEGWAY AT THE GATE AND HOBBLE ABOARD THE FLIGHT G A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE TAKE OFF, AND MY HONEYMOON STARTS WH ME SOBBG FOR AN HOUR, MY HBAND NSOLG ME," HE WR. "I FELT HUIATED, LIKE ALL THE PASSENGERS BLAMED ME FOR THE LAY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE THEY ARRIVED AT THEIR STATN, HARRIS HAD TO RENT A SOTER FOR HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, CLUDG A LAST-MUTE SURCHARGE. THE HEAVY AND CUMBERSOME VICE PREVENTED HIM OM DOG MANY ACTIVI THAT HE AND HIS HBAND HAD PLANNED.STT OLSON/GETTY IMAGCHICAGO, IL - APRIL 11: DEMONSTRATORS PROTT OUTSI THE UNED AIRL TERMAL AT O'HARE INTERNATNAL AIRPORT ON APRIL 11, 2017 CHIGO, ILLOIS. UNED AIRL HAS BEEN STGGLG TO RTORE THEIR RPORATE IMAGE AFTER A CELL PHONE VIO WAS RELEASED SHOWG A PASSENGER BEG DRAGGED OM HIS SEAT AND BLOODIED BY AIRPORT POLICE AFTER HE REFED TO LEAVE A REPORTEDLY OVERBOOKED FLIGHT. (PHOTO BY STT OLSON/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE ON THE CISE, HARRIS RECEIVED A MSAGE THAT HE HAD “ABANDONED A HAZARDO MATERIAL AT AN TERNATNAL AIRPORT" AND THAT S REMOVAL MIGHT ST HIM A FEE. HE WAS ALSO WARNED THAT HE ULD FACE ARRT UPON HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I SPENT THE RT OF CISE TERRIFIED AND STRSED OUT,” HE NTUED. HE WAS NOT FED OR ARRTED, HOWEVER, AND HIS SEGWAY WAS EVENTUALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AN APOLOGY WOULD BE NICE, BUT I’M NOT EXPECTG MIRACL," HARRIS WR. "I’D JT LIKE THEM—OR ANOTHER AIRLE, IF THEY REFE—TO ASSURE ME I’LL BE ALLOWED TO BRG MY MOBILY VICE WH ME THE NEXT TIME I FLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS STORY ON THE TAILWD OF LAST WEEK’S SNDAL WHEN A MAN WAS JURED WHILE BEG FORCIBLY DRAGGED OM A UNED FLIGHT DUE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
" When the bewilred man nodd that he was gay, the agent said, "Well, get your thgs, you'll have to get off.
Gay overheard and quickly terpted, "I'm Gay. " The agent told him he'd have to leave the plane at which another passenger, observg this whole scene, announced fiantly, "I'm gay, too.
I once was on a plane where I was served by an obvly homosexual male flight attendant. Enola Gay, the B-29bomber that was ed by the Uned Stat on Augt 6, 1945, to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, the first time the explosive vice had been ed on an enemy target. ” The Enola Gay—Tibbets had a matenance man pat that name on the aircraft’s nose shortly before takeoff—was acpanied by var other plan.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
Tibbets flew the Enola Gay back to Tian, where he was award the Distguished Service Cross. Three days later the Enola Gay nducted weather rennaissance the lead-up to the bombg of Nagasaki, Japan.
Japan officially surrenred on September 2, Enola Gay remaed service for several years before beg given to the Smhsonian Instutn on July 3, 1949.